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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1879
Page
1
Washington reports show the Senate removing army reorganization provisions while keeping rail telegraph use debates for later, and the House approving a revenue and internal tax package. Legislative actions tie to Chinese immigration limits, with signatures and presidential timing awaited.
P R Berguson chief local agent in west Philadelphia arrested for stealth letters in December last shoots himself with prussic acid in his cell and dies minutes later. In Chambersburg a mail train car with 25 passengers derails from track while shunting. 15 to 18 injured as it topples down a six foot embankment.
Died Wednesday in east New York, Count Vicenzo Serafitin de Bribent, in abject poverty. A family letter urged his return to Italy and reports a large sum of money left with the Italian consul at Liverpool, to be used at his order. The piece also notes Thurlow Weed’s Tribune letter on the Chinese Treaty and U.S. stance toward China.
Reports from Rapid City state Furgeson and Thompson were murdered by Indians near Dakotas on February 20. A party of twenty men left Rapid City to retrieve the bodies and warn surrounding ranchers of the danger.
In Chicago this morning Madame LaChapelle finished a grueling feat covering seven hundred quarter miles in quarter hours and adding three hundred more in ten minute stretches. The final quarter was completed in 1 minute 59 seconds.
In Boston and across New England a general holiday observance marked the Putnam ride centennial. Greenwich Connecticut hosted a celebratory event with bells ringing, salutes fired, a grand procession, and speeches. President Trayes and other notables sent regrets.
In Galveston on February 24 Jos E Douglas was killed by I H Edmondson who fired a shotgun from behind, the buckshot striking his head. No motive is known.
News from Lewiston Idaho reports settlers moving to intercept a band of Indians in the Salmon river mountains after raiding Payette country. The expedition surprised the camp killing about thirty six Indians with only a few escaping. The event is hailed by miners and settlers as a God Send to their region.
A London dispatch from Berlin reports the evacuation of Arab Tabria by Roumanians due to threats by Prince Gortschakoff. Germany signals readiness to back Russia on the boundary dispute.
A huge crowd gathered in Virginia City to oppose the anti rail bill before the legislature. Three thousand people attended as Senator Lane was urged to resign. Delegates planned to march to Carson to push for passage, while a committee urged restraint to avoid violence.
A fierce storm struck Prince Edward Island causing the Catholic church at Cardezin the Presbyterian church at Souris and railroad sheds at Summerside to topple. No other casualties are reported. Snow in railroad cuttings ranges from sixteen to twenty feet deep.
Telegraphs from St Petersburg report General Todleben started withdrawing from Adrianople on February 18 with Turks occupying the abandoned positions. Paris notes Senate inquiry into amnesty gains, government concessions cited by Justice Minister Seroyer. Albanian frontier disturbances renew Serb Porte tensions with incursions and pursuit. Rome and Siena tremors topple churches. casualties reported.
General Melikoff reports no further plague deaths or new cases in the surrounding district. A Washington meeting drew many prominent greenback supporters. Captain Barclay of the bark Everton was murdered by seamen near Rio. Halifax mails blocked by snow. drifts reach twenty feet. A Chicago mass meeting aims to urge the president to sign the Chinese immigration bill. Haitian advices say President Canal defeated Benz and holds the island. National Committee chair accepts Nicholls challenge for greenback debate. Alexandria dispatches announce peace between King Alozsinnia and the Khedive with a pension for the frontier province. Pacific coast delegates report little hope the anti Chinese bill will be signed. Madame La Chappelle completes a 2700 quarter mile walk then plans 300 more quarter miles in ten minutes.
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